This is where I think your argument fails. Broad meaning of thing of value for non tangible things in this context http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2017/07/donald_trump_jr_s_free_speech_defense_is_as_bogus_as_it_sounds.html …https://twitter.com/OrinKerr/status/884631379245498368 …
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First, a contribution or donation. Second, a specific kind of contribution or donation: one of money or another thing of value.
giving opposition research to a campaign, for example, has been found to be an in-kind contribution to campaign http://eqs.fec.gov/eqsdocsMUR/28044192498.pdf …
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Looks like 103-page legal brief. Where was the holding, ideally by a court and not an agency (as Chevron here is quite iffy).
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See, for example, page 85. On this point, I believe FEC commissioners were unanimous. Other examples linked in slate piece
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It is not a legal brief, it is an FEC general counsel report approved by the commissioners
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I'll take a look, but I'm not sure why this would have the force of law in a felony criminal conspiracy case. Dubious Chevron applies.
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there is analogous discussion of thing of value in bribery cases, e.g., U.S. v. Senator Menendez case I link to in Slate piece
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I don't know how many times I can say I am not disputing the interpretation of thing of value. I think I will add it to my Twitter bio.
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Broad definition of contribution, thing of value, and solicit consistent with stated congressional purpose against foreign interference
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So we've isolated your beef to soliciting "a contribution or donation of money or other thing of value". Soliciting Donated dossier fits
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In that case, the in-kind contribution was the *cost* of the opposition research, not the information itself.
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